1970 LSU Tigers football team
| 1970 LSU Tigers football | |
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SEC champion | |
Orange Bowl, L 12–17 vs. Nebraska | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 7 |
| 1970 record | 9–3 (5–0 SEC) |
| Head coach | Charles McClendon (9th year) |
| Offensive scheme | I formation |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Tiger Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 LSU $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Tennessee | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Auburn | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #20 Ole Miss | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1970 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1970 college football season.
Following a 3–0 loss to No. 2 Notre Dame at South Bend, LSU was extended a bid to face Big Eight Conference champion Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. However, the bid was contingent on the Tigers defeating both Tulane at New Orleans and Ole Miss at Baton Rouge in the final two weeks of the season.
Still steaming about being shut out of the major bowl games in 1969 despite a 9–1 record, LSU responded to the challenge. The Tigers overcame a stubborn Tulane squad, which earned a Liberty Bowl invitation despite falling 26–14 in the Battle for the Rag, and then dismantled Ole Miss 61–17 in front of a large television audience and nearly 70,000 delirious fans in Tiger Stadium.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 19 | Texas A&M* | No. 12 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) | L 18–20 | |||||
| September 26 | Rice* | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | W 24–0 | ||||||
| October 3 | Baylor* | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | W 31–10 | ||||||
| October 10 | Pacific* | No. 19 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | W 34–0 | |||||
| October 17 | Kentucky | No. 15 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | W 14–7 | |||||
| October 24 | at No. 6 Auburn | No. 14 | Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL | W 17–9 | |||||
| November 7 | at No. 19 Alabama | No. 11 | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Rivalry) | W 14–9 | |||||
| November 14 | Mississippi State | No. 9 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | W 38–7 | |||||
| November 21 | at No. 2 Notre Dame* | No. 6 | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN | L 0–3 | |||||
| November 21 | at Tulane* | No. 6 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Rag) | W 26–14 | |||||
| December 5 | No. 16 Ole Miss | No. 8 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) | W 61–17 | |||||
| January 1 | vs. No. 3 Nebraska* | No. 5 | Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) | L 12–17 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
- Source: LSUSports.net: 1970 LSU football schedule[1]
Team players drafted into the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL team |
| Buddy Lee | Quarterback | 7 | 126 | Chicago Bears |
| Mike Anderson | Linebacker | 9 | 216 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| John Sage | Linebacker | 17 | 420 | Philadelphia |
References
- ↑ "1970 LSU football schedule". LSUSports.net. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1971.htm